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Thanatos
 
Thanatos
 
Personal Info:
 
Real Name: Richard Milhouse "Rick" Jones
Also Known As: No known Alias
Place Of Birth: Scarsdale, Arizona, Earth-9309
First Appearance: Spider-Man 2099 Vol.1 #11 (1993) Modern Age Villain
Known Associates: No known Associates
Group Affiliation: Formerly Teen Brigade, Avengers, Supreme Intelligence, Alchemax
Base Of Operations: Innerspace
Grudges: Spider-Man 2099 and Captain Marvel
Creators: Peter David and Rick Leonardi
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Powers:
 
Thanatos possesses the Destiny Force, making him immensely powerful.
Enhanced Abilities: Thanatos possesses super human strength, agility, endurance and durability.
Energy Blasts: Thanatos can fire energy beams from his eyes.
Innerspace: Thanatos is the master of Innerspace, his "place of power" and has almost complete control over it when inside. He was able to manipulate Spider-Man 2099's perceptions of reality while they were there, and grow to giant size, holding the future Spidey in one hand, when they fought.
Weapons: Thanatos wields the Spear of Destiny, a phenomenally powerful artifact and also utilised a blaster gun.
Hover-Ship: Thanatos has a hover-ship, which he uses for transportation in the future of 2099.
 
Origins:
 
Thanatos-Rick Jones' life is the same as the Earth-616 Rick Jones' up until a point during the Kree-Skrull War He grew up in an orphanage, accidentally "helped" create the Hulk, and was semi-responsible for the formation of the Avengers.
After the Kree-Skrull war in his reality, Rick Jones chose to stay with the Supreme Intelligence on Kree-Lar, despite Captain America's protests. After learning all he could from the Kree leader, Jones slew him.
After killing the Supreme Intelligence, Thanatos came up with the idea of becoming the definitive Rick Jones. He then traveled through alternate realities, claiming that he "destroyed several worlds and at least one universe, and caused a few crises." It is probable in these journeys that Thanatos took part in the so-called "Eon War," the conflict that erased the heroes prior to the 2099 timeline and killed the Thor of an alternate reality, as the Net Prophet hinted at. He may also have ventured to the New Universe. At some point, possibly during the Eon War, his body became discorporated in the 2099 timeline.
Thanatos was able to take over Aaron Delgado's body after the latter fell to his death after first encountering Spider-Man 2099. Thanatos would later transform this body into a duplicate of his own using either the Destiny Force or Innerspace. (Or a combination of the two).
 
Notes:
 
Thanatos at Marvel Database
Thanatos at Marvel Universe: The Appendix